I really need to quit smoking. Killed Dad 2 years ago. He wanted me to quit.
Higher relapse rate than heroin. My dang girlfriend in college got me started.
The way I quit smoking some 20 years ago was a staged process. I quit buying cigarettes and switched to nicotine gum. I chewed the gum for a couple of years and read an article that long term gum usage was just as bad if not worse. While on a vacation to a wilderness area I decided not bring the nicotine gum and brought regular gum instead. A few days later I kicked my nicotine habit, but not my gum chewing habit. That took 10 years or so to kick that habit..
I quit smoking 36 years ago. Stayed quit for several months. Started back when my ex-wife started pitching a fit when I got engaged to the second wife. She had me in court every month, sometimes twice a month, for eight months. Talk about stress!
I had a septoplasty (deviated septum) and had to quit smoking until the surgery healed.
WORST TWO WEEKS OF MY LIFE!!
I’m smoking again but not as much.